Politics

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid

Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies and savings from Musk-style DOGE unit

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Jack Dyson
Academies

CEO gender pay gap halves after closing three years in a row

But men still paid £5k more than women, CST study finds

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Jack Dyson
Turing Scheme

‘Alarm’ as two-thirds of schools’ Turing Scheme bids snubbed

Ministers told to better support schools through foreign trips scheme as acceptance rate drops from 90% to 30%

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Jack Dyson
News

Academy trust broke rules over payments to CEO’s mum

Government probe finds four-school trust breached academy rules over consultancy payments, £24k on training courses for a senior leader...

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Jack Dyson
Edtech

AI questions to be trialled in SATs moderator tests

Government launches trial in bid to cut costs and school workload, amid push to 'harness the power of AI'

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Jack Dyson
Admissions

Admissions watchdog rescinds fair banding approval

The controversial decision had allowed a school to introduce the practice

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Jack Dyson
School improvement

RISE advisers call on their own to support schools

Leaders say DfE must be more transparent about improvement team decisions as advisers buy in support from RISE colleagues'...

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Jack Dyson
News

Oak National Academy judicial review restarts as talks fail

Bodies representing ed tech and publishing firms say they were met by 'wall of silence' in talks with government

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Jack Dyson
Oak National Academy

Oak should ditch ‘national academy’ title to ‘stop misconceptions’, says official review

Impact review also reveals the curriculum quango has led to reduction in domestic edtech market

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Jack Dyson